Culture, humanities & social science
When People Want Punishment: Retributive Justice and the Puzzle of Authoritarian Popularity
By Lily Tsai, the Ford Professor of Political Science and chair of the MIT faculty
Cambridge University Press · 2021
Why are some authoritarian regimes popular with their citizens, while many democratic regimes are mistrusted or held in contempt? In this book, Tsai provides a theory for understanding when ordinary people are more likely to favor illiberal and authoritarian leaders and provides a unified framework for understanding authoritarian resilience and democratic fragility.
From Summer 2022 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).
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